derelict

Across this scarred landscape of abandoned farm fields and derelict villages are thousands of infantrymen, like Vlasenko, scattered in ones and twos, sheltering in makeshift bunkers—the humans in a robot war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Said the Dead” opens in 2020 when a passerby sneaks into the asylum’s derelict chapel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Tehran has stored oil in derelict tanks and trucked it to neighbors as the sea route shuts down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

A short film has captured some of the last images of a derelict housing estate nicknamed "Scotland's Chernobyl" before demolition crews moved in.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Halfway through, three derelict men in suits also come out, one banging on top of a bin, the other playing violin, and the last also playing harmonica.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

A host of bidders will compete for the drowned derelicts — some of whom may have less than honest intentions for the reselling of the rides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

It prioritizes derelicts that interfere with navigation, which this boat does not do.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017

In the movies, homeless people—or street people, or derelicts, or bums—sometimes get to play the lead in egalitarian-redemptive comedies like My Man Godfrey, Trading Places, Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2017

Who needs to see the melting pot of humanity that converges on the clear waters of Bora Bora when you can meet the derelicts who peddle $125 badges for $2,000?

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017

Well-dressed tourists mingled with the derelicts of the quarter.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin